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In a U.S. First, a Commercial Plant Starts Pulling Carbon From the Air (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Glass panel over it for greenhouse?

Can't use more power than carbon skimming.

[–] Aleric@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I actually helped research this as an undergrad. The problem we'd always face is there are certain microorganisms, like rotifers, that can just decimate a tank of algae. Many rotifer species are parthenogenic, so it literally only takes one rotifer to knock out an entire algae tank.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What if we genetically modified the algae to be impossible to kill and survive in extreme conditions. Like the algae equivalent of kudzu.

[–] AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

You're basically exchanging a world-ending Gray Goo Scenario for a world-ending Green Goo Scenario.

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You need more than a green house lol.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I only ever had problems with too much algae in our pond...

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

You've figured it out.